Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
October 10, 2024 8:46 AM - Subscribe
[TRAILER] Psychologist Maggie Burroughs (Lisa Zane), tormented by recurring nightmares, meets a patient (Shon Greenblatt) with the same horrific dreams. Their quest for answers leads to a certain house on Elm Street -- where the nightmares become reality.
Also starring Lezlie Deane, Yaphet Kotto, Breckin Meyer, Ricky Dean Logan, Cassandra Rachel Friel, Lindsey Fields, Tobe Sexton, Johnny Depp, Tom Arnold, Roseanne Barr, Alice Cooper.
Directed by Rachel Talalay. Screenplay by Michael De Luca. Story by Rachel Talalay. Based on characters by Wes Craven. Produced by Robert Shaye, Aron Warner for New Line Cinema. Cinematography by Declan Quinn. Edited by Janice Hampton. Music by Brian May (not that Brian May, though.)
23% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Currently available for digital rental in the US. JustWatch listing.
Also starring Lezlie Deane, Yaphet Kotto, Breckin Meyer, Ricky Dean Logan, Cassandra Rachel Friel, Lindsey Fields, Tobe Sexton, Johnny Depp, Tom Arnold, Roseanne Barr, Alice Cooper.
Directed by Rachel Talalay. Screenplay by Michael De Luca. Story by Rachel Talalay. Based on characters by Wes Craven. Produced by Robert Shaye, Aron Warner for New Line Cinema. Cinematography by Declan Quinn. Edited by Janice Hampton. Music by Brian May (not that Brian May, though.)
23% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Currently available for digital rental in the US. JustWatch listing.
I have the 3D glasses!
This is definitely the goofiest Nightmare. Roseanne and Tom Arnold will steal your kids! The continuous fake out dream in a dream in a dream sequence! Now you're playing with power! The whole 3D sequence, which was dumb enough in the theater (magic dream glasses!) is even weirder in 2D on your TV. I did like the Freddy flashbacks where Robert Englund gets to appear without extensive makeup.
posted by mrphancy at 11:04 AM on October 10 [1 favorite]
This is definitely the goofiest Nightmare. Roseanne and Tom Arnold will steal your kids! The continuous fake out dream in a dream in a dream sequence! Now you're playing with power! The whole 3D sequence, which was dumb enough in the theater (magic dream glasses!) is even weirder in 2D on your TV. I did like the Freddy flashbacks where Robert Englund gets to appear without extensive makeup.
posted by mrphancy at 11:04 AM on October 10 [1 favorite]
I wonder if the focus on making it 3-D (which there is not currently a way to see this film in) just sort of threw everything off track.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:27 AM on October 11
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:27 AM on October 11
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This film...
- was directed by Rachel Talalay (directed Tank Girl as well as a lot of the best-loved recent episodes of Doctor Who)
- was written by Michael De Luca (also wrote In the Mouth of Madness; later the head of New Line and then Dreamworks)
- stars Lisa Zane, Billy Zane's similarly ageless sister
- co-stars Yaphet Kotto. YAPHET KOTTO.
- has a bunch of star cameos (Depp, Alice Cooper, Roseanne & Tom Arnold); though maybe that's not a great indicator...
- was shot by Declan Quinn (Leaving Las vegas, Monsoon Wedding)
- has music by the guy who scored Mad Max and Mad Max 2
It is boring though. Even seeing it in a horror marathon with the personable Lisa Kane (who is ~60 but looks maybe 45; Zane genes!) in attendance, it made us kinda sleepy/woozy. It just feels inert. I had hoped it would at least offer up some top-notch corny Freddy one-liners, but they seem to have dialed those back some after the yuk-yuks of ANoES 5: The Dream Child.This is easily the least enjoyable film in the entire original franchise.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:55 AM on October 10 [1 favorite]